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Women playwrights are counting on parity when artistic directors at not-for-profit theaters across the country choose a season — but so far the numbers haven't added up.

The Dramatist Guild of America and the Lily Awards last month released a report that tallied 2,508 new play productions in American theaters from 2011 to 2014 and found that only 22 percent were written by women.

The figure is similar to a survey by American Theatre magazine, which reported that 24 percent of plays produced by regional theaters — such as Hartford Stage, Long Wharf Theatre and Westport Country Playhouse — were written by women. Only two of the plays in the top 10 most-produced...

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Women playwrights are counting on parity when artistic directors at not-for-profit theaters across the country choose a season — but so far the numbers haven't added up.
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